The Universe is a big place. It's
so big, it's not even a place. It is the sum of all places.

A Polygobber is a particular kind
of being that lives in the Universe. They live on Planet Go-Go. Planet
Go-Go is a pink planet.

All the Polygobbers on Planet Go-Go
are intelligent. They are superhighlyintelligentbeings. They like to invent
technologies to make their lives simpler. They build telescopes that let
them look toward the edges of the Universe. Besides inventing new things
and being supersmart, they also like to walk around in dainty outfits and
compliment each other's shoes.

A Bistrengulator is a particular
kind of being that lives in the Universe also. They live on Planet Mo-Mo.
Planet Mo-Mo is a blue planet.

All the Bistrengulators on Planet
Mo-Mo are physically strong. They like to lift heavy things. They build
large structures and live like kings. They keep things simple. Also, besides
being physically capable of sturdy construction, they like to play violent
sports. They like to play a game called deathball. At the end of a game
of deathball, the loser is beheaded. After this happens, the crowd emphatically
cheers.

On both Planet Go-Go and Planet Mo-Mo,
no change in population ever occurs. This is because they are all immortal.
Due to their immortality, there is no desire for sexual activity amongst
any of the Polygobbers or the Bistrengulators. Their individual life spans
are much like the size of the Universe.

Now, the Polygobbers know all about
the Bistrengulators. They spy on them with their large telescopes. But
the Bistrengulators know nothing of the Polygobbers. Bistrengulators are
ignorant of what is beyond Planet Mo-Mo. They are happy enough just building
tall structures and watching games of deathball. The Polygobbers, however,
are very curious of the Bistrengulators on Planet Mo-Mo. They hold academic
symposiums and write non-fiction books on the life and customs of the Bistrengulators.

One day, all the Bistrengulators
got bored. They all said, "I'm bored!"

"What shall we do to cure our boredom?"
shouted one.

"Let's build a giant building!" answered
another one.

"Yes! The biggest building we've
ever built!"

"But what shall we use it for?"

"I don't know!"

"Let's build it!"

And they all agreed it was a great
idea.

*

A year later on Planet Go-Go, a Polygobber
was watching the blue Planet Mo-Mo through their giant telescope and noticed
a large structure sticking out of the side of the planet.

"Hey, come look at this giant structure
sticking out of the side of Planet Mo-Mo!"

"That's amazing! What is it?"

"I think it's a building."

"What's it for?"

"I don't know."

But then, while they all took turns
marveling at the long thing sticking out of the side of Planet Mo-Mo, a
go-go-quake occurred. They all ran for shelter.

After the go-go-quake and subsequent
aftershocks, the Polygobbers went out to survey the damage. Here is what
they found: a very, very large crack along the surface of their pink planet.

*

When the Bistrengulators built their
giant building on the surface of Planet Mo-Mo, they didn't plan it very
carefully. They didn't like to do math or engineering, so they hadn't anticipated
that the balance of orbital spin of Planet Mo-Mo would be shifted off track
when the giant building was constructed. Over the course of the next year,
they spun more and more out of control and were eventually flung from their
orbit, hurling through space.

The Polygobbers were aware that Planet
Mo-Mo was getting closer and closer to them.

"What will we do?" they all said.

"We're all going to die!"

And then the two planets collided,
shoving the giant building of Planet Mo-Mo into the long pink crack of
Planet Go-Go. And all the Polygobbers and all the Bistrengulators died,
finally relieved of their burden of immortality.

And the conjoined Planets Go-Go and
Mo-Mo never separated and spun away like a pink and blue baby’s toy toward
the edge of the Universe.